KidZone Magic TricksCard Trick 4

Thanks so much to Shelly for sending
this in!!

Effect:

The magician shuffles the deck and takes the top thirteen cards. Holding the cards face down, he proceeds to spell the
first card name, Ace. "A-C-E," and for each letter, he puts one card under the packet of thirteen cards. He then flips over the
next card (the fourth,) and it is an Ace. He repeats this process for each card number, Ace through King. At the end, he has all
thirteen cards face up on the table, in sequential order.

Supplies:

~ a deck of cards

Preparation:

Remove and arrange 13 cards in the following setup, top card down: Three, Eight, Seven, Ace, Queen, Six,
Four, Two, Jack, King, Ten, Nine, and Five. Put these on top of the deck.

A magic teacher named Harold wrote to share a little
story he tells his students to help them remember the setup for this trick:"Three hundred & eighty seven years ago there lived a Queen that was sixty four years old. She had two children. One named Jack, the other named King. Jack was ten years old and King was nine years old and the were both in the fifth grade."
3,8 7,A,Q,6,4,2,J,K,10,9 and 5
Thanks Harold! (Harold's
Site)

Secret:

To start, pretend to shuffle the cards, leaving the top thirteen
untouched (young children can skip the shuffling part and just begin with the 13
cards.

Remove the top thirteen cards as a group and arrange them like a fan, so that your audience can see their faces. Square up the cards, and hold them
face down.

When you spell out each card, do it as follows: let's say you're spelling the word ACE. Spell A, remove the top card and place
it on the bottom. Then spell C, and remove the top card and place that on the bottom. Next spell E, remove this top card and
place it on the bottom. Flip the new top card and show that it's an Ace, and place it
ON THE TABLE (not on the bottom of the deck).

Continue in this manner until all the cards are face up on the table. (You spell the cards in order: Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, J, Q, K) Your audience may realize that the cards must have been set up beforehand, but this only adds to the mystery -
and you can treat it as a puzzle for them to try to figure out.